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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What town would Utz stop at on the way back from Prague?
(a) Brno.
(b) Liberec.
(c) Pilzen.
(d) Tabor.

2. What did the Chinese teach that god was the body of?
(a) The community.
(b) The Emperor.
(c) The Emperor's wives.
(d) The Gods.

3. What price does Franfurter say he selling the Pulchinella to Utz for?
(a) A Communist's price.
(b) A friend's price.
(c) A Jewish price.
(d) A cheap price.

4. What does the narrator feel in the young people they pass?
(a) Optimism.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Oppression.
(d) Depression.

5. What does the boy do when the blonde woman touches him?
(a) Vomits.
(b) Giggles.
(c) Shudders.
(d) Frowns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Dr. Frankfurter's porcelain made?

2. What does Utz say the search for gold was the search for?

3. What famous event is almost a year away?

4. What city would Utz go to during mushroom season?

5. How does the narrator find the mood in the Soviet Union?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the woman on the train disgust Utz?

2. How did the German's use Bottger's porcelain during the 1923 inflation?

3. What does Utz remember about Marta?

4. Why is Augustus the Strong one of Utz's heros?

5. Why does Utz say he took up alchemical studies?

6. Why did Utz decide to leave Czechoslovakia?

7. Describe the porcelain figure Dr. Franfurter sells Utz.

8. What does the narrator see in Utz's bedroom?

9. Why did the makers call the white porcelain porcelain?

10. What did Utz fantacize would happen on his trip?

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